UNIFIED MOBILE APPROVALS APPLICATION INCLUDING CARD DISPLAY
First Claim
1. A method executing on a mobile device, the method comprising:
- graphically representing a first computing object via one or more electronic cards positioned in a first stack of electronic cards;
providing a first user option to spread the stack of electronic cards, resulting in display of spread cards in response to user selection of the first user option;
providing a second user option to select an electronic card from among the spread cards to trigger display of data associated with the card that is not shown on the face of the card; and
providing a third user option to approve or reject an approval item associated with the card in response to user selection of the second user option.
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Abstract
A system and method for facilitating use of electronic cards to represent and access computing objects via a mobile device. The example method includes graphically representing a first computing object via one or more electronic cards positioned in a first stack of electronic cards; providing a first user option to spread the stack of electronic cards, yielding spread cards; providing a second user option to select an electronic card from among the spread cards to trigger display of detailed data associated with the card; and providing a third user option to approve or reject an approval item associated with the card in response to user selection of the second user option. In a more specific embodiment, various card stack attributes, such as quantity of cards, type, and so on, may be illustrated graphically, such as via variations in stack depth, color coding, and so on.
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20 Claims
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1. A method executing on a mobile device, the method comprising:
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graphically representing a first computing object via one or more electronic cards positioned in a first stack of electronic cards; providing a first user option to spread the stack of electronic cards, resulting in display of spread cards in response to user selection of the first user option; providing a second user option to select an electronic card from among the spread cards to trigger display of data associated with the card that is not shown on the face of the card; and providing a third user option to approve or reject an approval item associated with the card in response to user selection of the second user option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a digital processor coupled to a display and to a processor-readable storage device, wherein the processor-readable storage device includes one or more instructions executable by the digital processor to perform the following acts; graphically representing a first computing object via one or more electronic cards positioned in a first stack of electronic cards; providing a first user option, via a display screen of a mobile device, to spread the stack of electronic cards, resulting in display of spread cards in response to user selection of the first user option; providing a second user option to select an electronic card from among the spread cards to trigger display of data associated with the card that is not shown on the face of the card; and providing a third user option to approve or reject an approval item associated with the card in response to user selection of the second user option.
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20. A processor-readable storage device including instructions executable by a digital processor, the processor-readable storage device including one or more instructions for:
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graphically representing a first computing object via one or more electronic cards positioned in a first stack of electronic cards; providing a first user option, via a display screen of a mobile device, to spread the stack of electronic cards, resulting in display of spread cards in response to user selection of the first user option; providing a second user option to select an electronic card from among the spread cards to trigger display of data associated with the card that is not shown on the face of the card; and providing a third user option to approve or reject an approval item associated with the card in response to user selection of the second user option.
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